List of Japanese social game platforms

Yesterday, I wrote that Japan had 23 social game platforms now. This post is those list.

FC2 GAME(Start: Unknown)
I don't know when this began. This is a mobile social game platform of FC2 providing various Web Service. A lot of porno social games are included in the games. Of course they are adult only.

d Game(Start: December, 2012)
It's a mobile social game platform of Japanese phone company NTT DoCoMo. Only DoCoMo mobile users are available.

Bushimo(Start: December, 2012)
It's a social game platform for smartphones of Japanese Treading card and game maker Bushiroad. All games are released as a native apps.

Mobcast(Start: November, 2012)
This is a mobile social game platform specialized in sports.

Gesoten(Start: July, 2012)
It's a social game platform for PCs which a Japanese GMO group runs.

LINE GAME(Start: July, 2012)
The explanation will be already unnecessary. It's a game platform of Japanese popular messaging apps LINE. Especially, "LINE POP" is  popular, and it broke through 10M download.

Ameba(Start: June, 2012)
Ameba is the social networking service that a CyberAgent runs. It has blog service of the biggest in Japan "Ameblo" and popular virtual world "Ameba Pigg". In addition to them, they began the social game platform for smartphones more.

Yamada Game(Start: June, 2012)
Household appliance general merchandising store Yamada Denki began the offer of the social game for membership site for mobile.

moeG(Start: May, 2012)
This may be Japanese-style service. It is the mobile social game platform of the porn specialty. Furthermore, the porn avatar is available. Of course this is adult only.

TSUTAYA.com kiwi(Start: March, 2012)
Major video rental chain TSUTAYA started the offer of the social game in a membership site for mobile.

BLobby(Start: March, 2012)
This is Japanese-style service, too. It's a mobile social game platform for women, and dating sim and BL games are contributed. What BL? BL is abbreviation of "Boys Love". The details is here.

entag!(Start: January, 2012)
Originally, this was one of the social networking service for mobile. However, they performed a renewal for smartphones and made it open.

DMM(Start: January, 2012)
DMM is VoD service and video rental company, but they are known mainly in porn video. They began a social game platform for mobile, As a matter of course, the most of the game are adult only.

Colopl(Start: August, 2011)
Colopl is first Japanese geolocation mobile social game that started on 2003, but the mobile social game platform started, too. All the games that a third party developed are geolocation mobile social games.

WAKUWAKU Mail(Start: May, 2011)
Originally WAKUWAKU Mail was a dating  messaging service. However, they became the social networking service for mobile and made it open more.

NICONICO Appli(Start: December, 2010)
This is a social game platform for PCs of popular video sharing site NICONICO DOUGA. Users can play a game while watching video.

pixiv mobile(Start: November, 2010)
This is a social game platform of the popular illustration social networking service pixiv mobile ver. This is available only in futurephone for the moment.

Yahoo! Mobage(Start: September, 2010)
This is a social game platform for PCs which Yahoo! Japan and DeNA run jointly.

Hangame(Start: July, 2010)
Hangame was the well-established online game portal site which NHN Japan ran, but transformed myself into a social game platform. By the way, NHN Japan runs LINE GAME, too. How will these be discriminated in future?

aima(Start: July, 2010)
aima is unique service. They bring a social game platform into various sites.

GREE(Start: June, 2010)
The explanation will be already unnecessary. However, unexpectedly CEO Yoshikazu Tanaka said in CEDEC 2009, "GREE does not accept the games of the third party. Because quality control is not possible in ourself." Flexibility is necessary for a leader.

Mobage(Start: January, 2010)
The explanation will be already unnecessary, too. Originally Mobage was game portal site for futurephones. The origin of the title is "Mobile(Mobairu) and Game(Gemu)". However, themselves developed all games before becoming the social game platform.

mixi(Start: April, 2009)
mixi became the social game platform for the first time in Japan. However, unfortunately it was overtaken by Mobage and GREE. Where would they take the wrong way?

There is big characteristic on a Japanese social game platform. Those most support mobile. Furthermore, most of those are specialized in mobile. Only Yahoo! Mobage, NICONICO Appli and Gesoten do not do mobile support at all(But it may be said that Yahoo! Mobage is a PC ver. of Mobage). In Japan, it becomes the common sense to play the social game in mobile. However, it is too a red ocean. Of these, how many will it be the number of to survive 3 years later?

Japanese new social game platform for smartphones "Bushimo"

In Japan, anyone wants to become a platformer. Now, Japan has 23 social game platforms. At last, major phone company NTT DoCoMo opened social game platform for smartphones "d Game" last month.

It is Bushimo to be interesting in them. It's a social game platform for smartphones that Bushiroad started last month.

The user's registration is possible only from a smartphone. Bushimo users can use avatar, chat, friend registration and timeline.

Each social games are released as a native apps.

Renai Replay(Love Replay)

Daishissou! Milky Holmes Turbo(Great Scamper Milky Holmes Turbo)

Milky Daifugou(Grand Millionaire)

Bound Monsters

Bushiroad is known as a company of the trading cards. However interestingly, Bushimo does not have the J-style card social game for the moment. It is Renai Replay now to make a hit most. This broke through 300,000 downloading from release in 10 days.



This is Dating Sim using drawing technology "Live 2D".

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2D or not 2D, that is no problem

Users come back for school days and can simulate ideal love with girl students. The graphic of Live 2D creates a sense of reality such as 3D as 2D anime. Furthermore, characters talk by a full voice. It may resemble LOVEPLUS of KONAMI. However, the touch pen is unnecessary in Renai Replay and the update is carried out frequently and Free to Play. Bushimo makes use of characteristics of the game for smartphones very well.

By the way, Do you want to see the list of 23 Japanese social game platforms? I write it in next post :)

Virtual Goods of Japanese style Disney

Japanese popular virtual worlds Ameba Pigg sells virtual goods of Japanese style Donald Duck by Gacha.

Compu Gacha was regulated by the government, but there is still normal Gacha.

Gacha has male type and woman type and we win fashion items and the furniture items of the avatar in each.

When avatar wears fashion items, it becomes in this way. Sailor style of Donald Duck and the Japanese kimono style are combined.

Furniture items are very cute, too! Why does the stuffed toy of Donald Duck wear the snake costume? Because the sexagenary cycle of this year is the snake.

Gacha one time is 250 yen(about 2.9USD).

Japanese popular messaging appa LINE becomes Anime

There is LINE anywhere in Japan now. Book, stuffed toy, figure, stationery, capsule toy etc... At last, Anime starts broadcast  on January 7!

The title is "LINE OFFLINE -office worker-". It's the comedy which characters of the LINE stamp become Japanese office workers and presents funny daily life. Digest movie is here(Japanese).


Airdate and times are AM1:30 - AM1:35 of every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The broadcasting station is TV Tokyo.

In addition, there is the plan to make the LINE anime of 30 minutes as well as this. Do you want to see moving LINE stamp characters?

Sumo wrestlers appear in the street view of Google Maps

70 sumo wrestlers appear in the street view of Google Maps this year!

via Japan Sumo Association Twitter

Sumo wrestlers stand in front of Ryougoku Sumo Hall. This is a project by the partner program with Google. In late years, Street view collaborate with various institutions in the world such as museums and theme park. On December 25, 2012, the photography for this partner program was carried out for Ryougoku Sumo Hall. The popular yokozuna is included in them. It is not yet still decided it at the time, but we can meet sumo wrestlers in a street view as soon as data are reflected.